Update on the Medical Transcriptionist Certification Program and core certification examination.

Abstract

The Medical Transcriptionist Certification Program is well under way toward development of the new core exam. The following report was given to the 1992 house of delegates (HOD) by Carrie Boatman, CMT, chair of the Medical Transcriptionist Certification Program. It contains preliminary information regarding the core exam and the steps that have already been taken. The certification board approved the blueprint for the written portion of the core exam, which is also printed here.